Today's brownies get a boost in texture from the addition of oats to the batter.

The recipe is in response to a request from Karen Ortiz, who writes, “I am looking for a simple recipe for oatmeal brownies. (I) lost the recipe back in the '80s.

“Thought it was from Quaker oat mills, or Hershey's, but cannot find it. I think it may have been printed in the Express or Light newspaper back in the 1980s.

“(It's a) very simple recipe, but lost in my memories and lost most likely to the trash. Thank you for your time. Good luck.”

When I started researching this request, I found there were two general types of oatmeal brownies. One used oatmeal in the batter, the other used an oatmeal layer on the bottom and/or top with a brownie layer between.

When contacted, Ortiz said she was looking for brownies in which the oatmeal was mixed into the batter. “It was an all-in-one batter. ... It was very simple, I just don't remember the exact measurements. ... It was very good on a cold weather day.”

We couldn't track down an oatmeal brownie recipe like this from either newspaper (our computer files only go back about 20 years) nor could we find one from Hershey's or Quaker. But I did have a recipe for oatmeal brownies in my personal files that sounds like just what Ortiz wanted.

You should know that this brownie doesn't taste like a traditional brownie, but heartier and fudgier.

Recipe Find appears Sundays in Taste. If you are looking for a lost recipe or have a favorite recipe to share, let us hear from you. Email kharam@express-news.net or write Recipe Find, San Antonio Express-News, P.O. Box 2171, San Antonio, TX 78297-2171. Recipe requests will be answered in this column only; due to time limitations, no personal replies can be given.